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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/page_isolation.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page_isolation.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_isolation.c b/mm/page_isolation.c index abbf42214485..feab446d1982 100644 --- a/mm/page_isolation.c +++ b/mm/page_isolation.c @@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ static int set_migratetype_isolate(struct page *page, int migratetype, int isol_ __mod_zone_freepage_state(zone, -nr_pages, mt); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lock, flags); - drain_all_pages(zone); return 0; } @@ -172,11 +171,12 @@ __first_valid_page(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages) * * Please note that there is no strong synchronization with the page allocator * either. Pages might be freed while their page blocks are marked ISOLATED. - * In some cases pages might still end up on pcp lists and that would allow + * A call to drain_all_pages() after isolation can flush most of them. However + * in some cases pages might still end up on pcp lists and that would allow * for their allocation even when they are in fact isolated already. Depending - * on how strong of a guarantee the caller needs drain_all_pages might be needed - * (e.g. __offline_pages will need to call it after check for isolated range for - * a next retry). + * on how strong of a guarantee the caller needs, further drain_all_pages() + * might be needed (e.g. __offline_pages will need to call it after check for + * isolated range for a next retry). * * Return: 0 on success and -EBUSY if any part of range cannot be isolated. */ |